Newsweek ranks 15 greenest retailers in America

NEW YORK — Office Depot has been recognized in Newsweek magazine’s annual Green Rankings as the number one greenest large retailer in the United States for the third consecutive year. Across all industry sectors, Office Depot was ranked as America’s ninth greenest large company.

Here is Newsweek’s ranking of the 15 greenest U.S. retailers:

Office Depot

Staples

Best Buy

The Home Depot

Wal-Mart Stores

Kohl’s

Target

J.C. Penney

Sears Holdings

Whole Foods Market

Lowe/s Cos.

Kroger Co.

Costco Wholesale

Safeway

Supervalu

To produce the 2012 Green Rankings, Newsweek collaborated with two leading environmental research providers, Trucost and Sustainalytics, to assess each company’s environmental footprint, management of that footprint, and transparency. The Green Rankings focus on the largest publicly traded companies in America and worldwide. Each list consists of the largest 500 companies by revenue (most recent fiscal year), market capitalization, and number of employees, as of April 30, 2012. A number of the largest U.S.–based companies appear on both lists.

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